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House adjourns until 8pm as GOP deadlocked over speaker vote

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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Kevin McCarthy - Is He a Consensus Candidate?

CNN's Jake Tapper says it comes down to math. The numbers on the ballots have been 20 against Kevin McCarthy and one present 21, so he can only lose four. But there are enough right now who have a personal problem with Kevin McCarthy that you start to really see a world come into focus where Steve Scalise or someone like him becomes a consensus candidate here.

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